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2024 PAX Moot Half-Day Conference: Business and Human Rights Litigation and Private International Law

The second stream of the 2024 PAX Moot Court Half-Day Conference focused on business and human rights litigation and private international law. The two presentations in this panel, moderated by Dr Uglješa Grušić from University College London, were given by Dr Jachin Van Doninck from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and…

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2024 PAX Moot Half-Day Conference - Keynote: Drafting Choice of Court and Arbitration Agreements: Private International Law from a Transaction Planning Perspective

I.       Introduction

Rules of private international law are most often considered in the dispute resolution (mostly litigation) context. But those rules are of fundamental importance to the transaction planner (the contract drafter). Particularly when considering how rules of private international law relate to jurisdiction based upon consent, whether in…

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Protecting Harbour Porpoises: An Interview with Law School Alumni Dr Eunice Pinn

Dr Eunice Pinn, a marine conservation expert with a rich academic and professional background, offers insight into her research on harbour porpoise conservation. Her journey, which includes an LLM by Research from the University of Aberdeen’s School of Law, highlights the complexities of balancing scientific and legal aspects of marine…

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Analysis: "The Court of Justice on the existence of an 'international element' under the Brussels Ia Regulation (C-497/22 Inkreal)"

The EU instruments governing cross-border cooperation in civil matters extend to cases and legal relationships that are characterised by an international element. So does the Brussels Ia Regulation 1215/2012, which harmonises the law of international jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments. In the case of Inkreal (C-497/22), the…

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Regulating and Managing Offshore Energy Health and Safety: Accidents, Warnings and Denial

Recent health and safety accidents in the offshore oil and gas industry have raised questions on the role of regulation, safety culture and overall management or risks in both established and emerging offshore energy industries. A second death was reported some weeks ago as a fatal fire broke out on…

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Oil in the Amazon: A Case Study in Corporate Power and the Formation of Transnational Legal Norms

Introduction

Transnational law is typically understood as “all law which regulates actions or events that transcend national frontiers.”[i] This includes domestic laws that mediate among national systems, and international laws which set standards that governments must comply with or provide for through their domestic laws. Scholars of transnational law attempt…

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Transnational Women's Legal History: A Case Study

This blog explores transnational women’s legal history. More specifically, it looks at a problematic element of historical defamation law affecting women, and how common law jurisdictions around the world were spurred to create legislation tackling this issue throughout the course of the nineteenth century. Thus, while this blog discusses private…

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Aberdeen Women in Law Series: In Conversation with Nik Tait on intersectional feminism and being queer in the legal profession.

Background

Nik (she/her/they) practises as inhouse Senior Legal Counsel at international engineering and construction company, Laing O’Rourke. She advises on dispute resolution, risk mitigation, and the successful delivery of state-of-the art infrastructure and building projects across the UK. Prior to joining Laing O'Rourke, Nik was a Senior Associate within a…

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